Live for the moment - A teenage Zeus' bodybuilding journey

[hollowedzeus]

you're big, and tall, but you have tiny ears :P

Well.... what can i say.

Believe it or not i used to get be teased fpr having a big head and ears.

Head looks smaller on more muscle now lol

[hollowedzeus]

Rest day today.

Im scranning some amount of food...

Started nolvadex and proviron today. Nolva to combat the scary gyno thats crawled back and proviron to boost my libido

[hollowedzeus]

Girlfriend hasnt saw me in 5 days and she said i was looking big. Especially my shoulders.

Marriage material.

[Gallowmere]

Girlfriend hasnt saw me in 5 days and she said i was looking big. Especially my shoulders.

Marriage material.

Haha, I know them feels. My girl actually expects me to send her 75+% naked progress pictures when we haven’t seen each other for a couple of weeks.

[hollowedzeus]

Haha, I know them feels. My girl actually expects me to send her 75+% naked progress pictures when we haven’t seen each other for a couple of weeks.

Lolol shes a keeper mate. Mine doesnt ask she just gets them haha

[Gallowmere]

Lolol shes a keeper mate. Mine doesnt ask she just gets them haha

Oh yeah, she’s fucking amazing on several levels.

She has a bad hip (rare childhood disease that caused bone degradation), and forced herself through the pain of strengthening the musculature throughout life. Once I got into lifting, she became even more determined to build herself up, and has been working her way into a pretty fantastic squat. I pointed out that she has nearly perfect dimensions for weightlifting (long torso, shorter legs, strong shoulder girdle) and she’s taken a huge interest in learning to snatch and clean and jerk.

Girl only weighs 90 lbs., and is able to put more overhead than most guys that I’ve met in person.

[hollowedzeus]

Oh yeah, she’s fucking amazing on several levels.

She has a bad hip (rare childhood disease that caused bone degradation), and forced herself through the pain of strengthening the musculature throughout life. Once I got into lifting, she became even more determined to build herself up, and has been working her way into a pretty fantastic squat. I pointed out that she has nearly perfect dimensions for weightlifting (long torso, shorter legs, strong shoulder girdle) and she’s taken a huge interest in learning to snatch and clean and jerk.

Girl only weighs 90 lbs., and is able to put more overhead than most guys that I’ve met in person.

Thats great to hear shes joining in on your passion. My gf is contemplatinf joining the gym lol. Dont want to force her

[Gallowmere]

Thats great to hear shes joining in on your passion. My gf is contemplatinf joining the gym lol. Dont want to force her

Absolutely not. It always seems to work better when it’s organic. I had been training hard for about a year before the interest took root. She was always supportive though.

She was at my first Strongman competition, acted as my cameraman and enjoyed the whole event so much that she’s insisted that I inform her of any future comps months in advance so she can make sure to be off work.

[hollowedzeus]

Arms later. Cant wait.

Had a few days of anxiety there. Feeling like id done something awful... ive been blasting my gyno with 40mg of nolva, wonder if it was that...

[hollowedzeus]

10mg of levitra. Pump here we go

[hollowedzeus]

My arms really need a day to rest. They still feel painfully numb from the torment i put them through lasy night during the workout.

But still im heading in to do back. Making an extra effort to keep the tension off the biceps.


Fat is piling on a little now. Went up a notch or two on my belts and my stomach is protruding a little more.

Gonna cut for summer. Wondering how much time to give myself for a nice slow cut

[hollowedzeus]

Wide as a fuckin barn door tonight. Rods of steel going down my back. Felt awesome

[hollowedzeus]

Arms chest and back are in bits. Great.

Slightly concerned that nolva is causing me eyesight problems. I will keep watch but its the prime suspect

[hollowedzeus]

Take care everyone with the weather. Nightmare

Scotlands hefty bad at the moment - red warning where i am

[hollowedzeus]

97kg getting heavy fast. Fat gain is piling on. Perhaps eating too much.

[clarky.]

Take care everyone with the weather. Nightmare

Scotlands hefty bad at the moment - red warning where i am

Fucking mad eh. Lol lol.

[hollowedzeus]

Fucking mad eh. Lol lol.

Horrendous. Motorways are shut. Hope its better up your way mate.

Am absolutely sick of the snow. Dogd are enjoying it though lol

Take care if youre out.

[clarky.]

Went out earlier lol lol. My brother got stuck on the M80/M876 yesterday. 4pm got in at 6am this morning hahaha.

[hollowedzeus]

Went out earlier lol lol. My brother got stuck on the M80/M876 yesterday. 4pm got in at 6am this morning hahaha.

God sake. That would have been a long cold night. If i was at uni yesterday that would have been me getting in at 6am.
Thankfully i was off

[hollowedzeus]

Away to melt some chest. Been unable to get to the gym from the snow but im back.

I am nearing 98kg. I will do a small cut at 100kg, possibly some carb cycling.

I want to lean up for july/august for a holiday so ill squeeze another bulk in before the cut.

I have some sarms that i had incase i had to crash my test last year. Will probably fire them in at some point this year.

[hollowedzeus]

10mg levitra 200mg caffeine

Shoulders.

FUCKKKK

[hollowedzeus]

Legs tonight


Am shit at legs. Cant get the intensity of other body parts in the slightest.
Calves and hamstrings are okay but any form of pressing with the legs just feels uncomfortable and i know in my head that i hate it so it doesnt help pushing to and beyond failure.

Legs will continue to let me down if i countinue to have this attitude

[cousinmuscles]

Presses? Leg presses? ah ha ha ha....

SQUATTIN'

Down the road, in a gym far away

A young man was heard to say,

No matter what I do, my legs won't grow!

He tried leg extensions, leg curls, leg presses too.

Trying to cheat, these sissy workouts he'd do!

From the corner of the gym where the big guys train,

Through a cloud of chalk and the midst of pain,

Where the big iron rides high, and threaten lives,

Where the noise is made with big forty-fives,

A deep voice bellowed as he wrapped his knees,

A very big man with legs like trees,

Laughing as he snatched another plate from the stack,

Chalked his hands and monstrous back,

Said, "Boy, stop lying and don't say you've forgotten!

Trouble with you is you ain't been SQUATTIN!"

[hollowedzeus]

Presses? Leg presses? ah ha ha ha....

SQUATTIN'

Down the road, in a gym far away

A young man was heard to say,

No matter what I do, my legs won't grow!

He tried leg extensions, leg curls, leg presses too.

Trying to cheat, these sissy workouts he'd do!

From the corner of the gym where the big guys train,

Through a cloud of chalk and the midst of pain,

Where the big iron rides high, and threaten lives,

Where the noise is made with big forty-fives,

A deep voice bellowed as he wrapped his knees,

A very big man with legs like trees,

Laughing as he snatched another plate from the stack,

Chalked his hands and monstrous back,

Said, "Boy, stop lying and don't say you've forgotten!

Trouble with you is you ain't been SQUATTIN!"

I need a fuckin slap i do mate to tell the truth

[cousinmuscles]

Just had to share it with you mate for your own good

[cousinmuscles]

Technique wise can be a bastard to learn tbh but in the long run it is more than worth the investment...

[marcus300]

Legs tonight


Am shit at legs. Cant get the intensity of other body parts in the slightest.
Calves and hamstrings are okay but any form of pressing with the legs just feels uncomfortable and i know in my head that i hate it so it doesnt help pushing to and beyond failure.

Legs will continue to let me down if i countinue to have this attitude

Try squats, v squat, hack squat or lunges if leg pressing doesn't feel right. Make sure you have the right leg stance in line with your structure and hip width. Practise breathing and bracing it will make you a superman and if all this fails I'll come up and show you in person how to get tree trunks

[hollowedzeus]

Technique wise can be a bastard to learn tbh but in the long run it is more than worth the investment...

Its anything that involves pressing upwards. Squats, lunges, leg press.

Its a mental barrier that i cant get through.

Imo ive made a great improvment to my physique. Ive got alot bigger and almost 20kg heavier this year my dumbell bench went from 40kg db to 48kg. My shoulder press went up a few sets of db also.... everything i got stronger at.

....except legs. Ive stayed the same or went backwards.

[hollowedzeus]

Try squats, v squat, hack squat or lunges if leg pressing doesn't feel right. Make sure you have the right leg stance in line with your structure and hip width. Practise breathing and bracing it will make you a superman and if all this fails I'll come up and show you in person how to get tree trunks

I did get alot better at bracing. That chris duffin vid you sent ages ago helped. The problem is im not lifting enough weight for bracing to be an issue lol.
I dont do normal deadlifts from the floor but if i went for a 1rp id get 180kg 185kg i reckon. I struggle with 80kg on the bar for squats. I have no doubt that my flat bench is more than my squat

Youd be embarrassed if people saw you training legs with me lol.

It sounds stupid and i just need to get over it because im making leaps and bounds on everything else.

[cousinmuscles]

I wouldn't pass a chance to train with marcus

for making the effort easier I grunt a lot, I think my head would explode if I didn't grunt loud enough. Screw what the other guys think you gotta train the legs

[hollowedzeus]

I wouldn't pass a chance to train with marcus

for making the effort easier I grunt a lot, I think my head would explode if I didn't grunt loud enough. Screw what the other guys think you gotta train the legs

Me neither

Theres wee girls that come straight from school that probably squat and press more than me. I dont think making a racket with 80kg on my back would look cool at all lol.

[hollowedzeus]

Had to abandon my session tonight due to a severe headache. I will be discontinuing nolvadex in an attempt to stop this.

I can only hope its not a clot or something

[marcus300]

I did get alot better at bracing. That chris duffin vid you sent ages ago helped. The problem is im not lifting enough weight for bracing to be an issue lol.
I dont do normal deadlifts from the floor but if i went for a 1rp id get 180kg 185kg i reckon. I struggle with 80kg on the bar for squats. I have no doubt that my flat bench is more than my squat

Youd be embarrassed if people saw you training legs with me lol.

It sounds stupid and i just need to get over it because im making leaps and bounds on everything else.

I'm going to help. When i get home I'll post something what will hopefully ignite the fire for legs and also change you mind set. If it doesn't work I'll come and i will film our workout. You'll need a week off work by the way

[hollowedzeus]

I'm going to help. When i get home I'll post something what will hopefully ignite the fire for legs and also change you mind set. If it doesn't work I'll come and i will film our workout. You'll need a week off work by the way

I cant wait

[hollowedzeus]

New diet starting monday. Gonna try cut back the fat.

Eating maintenance ish 2500 - 2800

500g chicken
80 oats
500g brown rice
6 eggs
500ml milk
2 scoops protein

257p
232c
61f
2500kcal

Sample day

Going to use cardio to create a deficit

[marcus300]

Not forgot just give me couple of days my man

[hollowedzeus]

We all have lives outside the forum big man. No problem

[hollowedzeus]

Cant wait to start peeling the fat off. Going to spend my cardio time improving my fitness.

Hopefully i will improve my sprinting and be able to run 4 miles without dying.

Going to go ahead with the diet posted above for as long as it works then ill have a bash at carb cycling again. Try and figure it out this time

[marcus300]

I did get alot better at bracing. That chris duffin vid you sent ages ago helped. The problem is im not lifting enough weight for bracing to be an issue lol.
I dont do normal deadlifts from the floor but if i went for a 1rp id get 180kg 185kg i reckon. I struggle with 80kg on the bar for squats. I have no doubt that my flat bench is more than my squat

Youd be embarrassed if people saw you training legs with me lol.

It sounds stupid and i just need to get over it because im making leaps and bounds on everything else.

Zeus, Its doesn't matter what weight you are doing on squatting breathing and bracing will aid you so much, its also something what will come naturally once you have mastered how to do it. Forgot about using bracing only when going heavy because that's a mistake, you use it no matter what even when warming up with just the bar. Bracing will create a volume of pressure with your trunk and will translate into raw power and strength, you have to train your diaphragm and create this hard column going through your body and you will be amazed. I know your not a powerlifter but this practise will aid your performance and also help you to build bigger legs.



I also want you to stop doing 1RP in everything exercise you do, I know some guys will disagree with me but each to their own but wtf are you doing them for because all whats going to happen is injury and it wont build any tissue and we are not ego lifting so stop this silly practise because once you master certain things strength will follow and when you see guys doing 1rp you will be doing the same but hitting reps with yours so fuk them off imho.



With squatting its going to be hard to fully coach you without watching you squat and find out what could help you in this area , but let me just go through a few things with you. First you need to really warm up and don't go straight into squatting. You need to stretch your hams because these could be very tight which is taking your squatting line right out of balance which will cause injury or poor squatting so warm them up and stretch them out. I also want you to go through stretching your claves out and loosen them up. Also ankle mobility you need to get this spot on, so place your one foot around 6" from the wall and with your heal on the floor you need to bring your knee forward and get it to touch the wall without your ankle coming off the floor, if you need pictures of this I can send them. At first you will feel pain in your ankle and calve and you will be many inches away from touching the wall but keep with it slowing push and even place a weight on your knee and let it move it forward towards the wall, keep this up for a min at a time then relax and start over again, once you got one knee to the wall without pain swap legs and start again.


So, you have now hopefully stretched your hams, calves and increased your ankle mobility. This will take probably around 20mins or even longer. Now I want you to sit down into the hole of the squat naturally. Now look down and look at your feet and move them around and find a spot were they feel a lot more comformtable without them straining on your knees or hips, point the outwards, try pointing them forwards and just play around with this until you feel the right stance for your feet, now do the same with how far apart they are, try wider stance, bring them in to a middle stance and try narrow, but att all times keep your foot ankle placement what you feel best with. The stance will depend on your hip alignment, all this will help to put you in the best position with your levels hips and ankle to produce the best squatting posting without going out of your line for your body.


Also remember with bracing comes breathing and with this comes hand placement on the bar and also engaging the lats but trying the bend the bar over your shoulders/traps. You also need to make sure what feel best high bar squat or low bar squat again this is going to be best for you to line up but once you have fully warmed up and you have done all the above and I mean everything get some bar only squats under your belt and make sure your feet position, width, brace, breathing and back engagement is working like a machine. Once you have done all this start adding weight and squat with power and be confident, build the weight up slowly just get use to squatting and trust me. Infact I know before I gear from you again this has improved your squatting ten fold I know it.


Now, squat may well not be for you but I doubt it but lets say its not then pick your next choice - this could be hack, leg press, reserve v squat, lying squat machine or what ever your choice is but what ever it is go through the warm up and make sure your body is lined up to give the best performance it can and make sure you loosen up and make sure your warmed up to attack your legs properly.



I can't have it when you say you just cant train legs, have you seen some of these cunts in the gym and around with huge top bodies and no legs. What fuking clowns do they look like, fuking plastic cunty beach bodybuilder so don't become one of these all because you can hide your legs in jeans, you don't want to become a cunt so. You need to make sure you are fuelled for your legs, remember its halve your whole body in one workout so it does take it out of you so be ready and make sure you got enough fuel inside and attack your legs. Get that mind set, get that aggression flowing, don't fail, be safe and work those legs to the max. Ive just gone over a little bit and ive got more to contribute but come on you can do it. Do those compound leg movements and I just want to add one little thing, after your legs including hams and leg ex at the end grab a pair of db's and do some pivot lunges start light and work up and one leg at a time, by the time you are down you should be close to being sick or unable to walk if you don't experience any of these I am coming up to show you what hell is.


Hope that helps and don't ignore what ive said do it.

[hollowedzeus]

Thank you for taking the time to write that up.

Just to clarify, i dont do one rep maxes. Just took a guess at what they would be.



My warmup for squats at this moments is a small 2 or 3 minutes quick ham, quad, calf , adductor and abductor stretch. Obviously pure shite compared to what needs to be done.

Im very very tight in every muscle. Ive neglected proper stretching and mobility work. I can barely hold the bar in a high bar squat due to my shoulders not being supple enough... nevermind a low bar.

Ill attach a pic at the end showing my leg development over half a year. Its not the best. Ive essentially been training hit (as close as i can) for everything else and dilly dallying for legs.

Ill do a full write up of my next leg session.

Going to look out pictures of the stretches you mentioned aswell as the pivot lunges. Ive saw you post about them before.